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assad regime is unable to completely defeat the. sunni armed opposition on the other hand the sunni armed opposition is unable to. to overthrow assad at the same time all we can see that moscow is keeping washington in check and we can see also regionally that saudi arabia egypt and qatar and turkey are are keeping iran in check and vice versa so it's essentially a stalemate i think that this conflict looks likely to drag on until exhaustion comes into play ok if i do so you're saying the biggest losers so far are the syrian people because outside forces are arming rebels. i think that the biggest losers are the arabs in general the arabs have been suffering from repeated wars in the region from the from from the one nine hundred eighty s. the lebanese civil war the iraq the iraq war the iraqi wars in the one nine hundred ninety s. then and now we have this so the arabs are continuously being undermined by these regional conflicts undermining their prospects for democracy for a forum for economic prosperity and until these regional
assad regime is unable to completely defeat the. sunni armed opposition on the other hand the sunni armed opposition is unable to. to overthrow assad at the same time all we can see that moscow is keeping washington in check and we can see also regionally that saudi arabia egypt and qatar and turkey are are keeping iran in check and vice versa so it's essentially a stalemate i think that this conflict looks likely to drag on until exhaustion comes into play ok if i do so you're saying the...
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of friends of syria saying assad must go ok it's almost the cheer you're hearing right now how do you know there is a difference here between what the street believes i think and certain vested interests. i think that we look we have to distinguish two things one is diplomatic condemnation and actually taking active policies to depose the assad regime beyond economic sanctions and diplomatic condemnation we don't see western powers really doing much to overthrow the assad regime in addition i would also add that israel is not preoccupied with syria at all it's mostly preoccupied with the iranian nuclear program you barely hear any any comments from the israeli government on the current events in syria ok or maybe they're just preoccupied with the round my did what do you think about that i mean even if assad goes what changes in syria and no one ever talks about that scenario go ahead i think the one of the important is the regional aspect if we have a proxy war in syria this is the war scenario i think iran is a master full of making proxies in countries it made the proxy in lebanon
of friends of syria saying assad must go ok it's almost the cheer you're hearing right now how do you know there is a difference here between what the street believes i think and certain vested interests. i think that we look we have to distinguish two things one is diplomatic condemnation and actually taking active policies to depose the assad regime beyond economic sanctions and diplomatic condemnation we don't see western powers really doing much to overthrow the assad regime in addition i...
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about whose hands the weapons would end up in because the objective that he stayed it was to defeat assad seeing it as a stepping stone to iran iran is sending arms to assad because they know his downfall would be a strategic defeat for them we should be working no less vigorously going to international partners to support the many syrians who would deliver that defeat to iran rather than sitting on the sidelines so basically mitt romney suggested taking advantage of the crisis in syria to fulfill the goal of defeating iran blatant but straightforward remark basically expressing the same opportunistic approach to foreign policy that the u.s. has had for many years while obama campaign called romney reckless and amateurish when it comes to foreign policy so far the administration has stopped short of directly arming the rebels although washington is coordinating the efforts of their allies in the region that is saudi arabia qatar turkey which are providing weapons to the rebels one way or another but those allies are saying that they only provide smaller weapons that they would love to sen
about whose hands the weapons would end up in because the objective that he stayed it was to defeat assad seeing it as a stepping stone to iran iran is sending arms to assad because they know his downfall would be a strategic defeat for them we should be working no less vigorously going to international partners to support the many syrians who would deliver that defeat to iran rather than sitting on the sidelines so basically mitt romney suggested taking advantage of the crisis in syria to...
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conjunction with other nato powers led by the united states their main objective is regime change against the assad government in syria they're using this border conflict between syria and turkey as a means of intervening more directly from a military standpoint within the un security council the us britain and france have not been able to get their way in regard to authorizing some type of a no fly zone unquote would actually means a authorization to carry out massive bombings against syria so they can utilize alleged violations of turkish land mass and then effort to further militarize the border between the two countries so i believe it's a very dangerous situation and that the united nations seems to be almost a crippled in regard to any attempt to resolve this conflict because their efforts are being undermined by nato and the countries that are very much a part of the leadership of that military alliance the international criminal court is holding a two day public hearing to decide whether one the gadhafi son should be tried in libya or the hague saif al islam gadhafi is accused of trying to
conjunction with other nato powers led by the united states their main objective is regime change against the assad government in syria they're using this border conflict between syria and turkey as a means of intervening more directly from a military standpoint within the un security council the us britain and france have not been able to get their way in regard to authorizing some type of a no fly zone unquote would actually means a authorization to carry out massive bombings against syria so...
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inside syria rebels threatened to execute forty eight iranian hostages within two days if the assad government does not comply with their demands release captured opposition fighters. it is an hour just after five pm on friday here in moscow this is arts he lives with me rule research. and thousands of islamist opposition supporters have gathered in the jordanian capital amman to demand reform but we can go to the latest pictures for you here on see these are from amman the rallies taking place despite the king having already dissolved the parliament clearing the way for new elections he pledged to introduce more reform to avoid the arab spring style unrest the country has already faced nearly twenty months of protests with people demanding more say in how the state is run later this hour here on r.t. we'll be joined by our correspondent she is in the center of the crowds in. meanwhile in syria the free syrian army says in two days they could start executing forty eight iranian pilgrims they kidnapped in august the threat would be carried out of the syrian regime does not fulfill demands to re
inside syria rebels threatened to execute forty eight iranian hostages within two days if the assad government does not comply with their demands release captured opposition fighters. it is an hour just after five pm on friday here in moscow this is arts he lives with me rule research. and thousands of islamist opposition supporters have gathered in the jordanian capital amman to demand reform but we can go to the latest pictures for you here on see these are from amman the rallies taking place...
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negative months of course syria remains a dark spot and syria will not be settled for a long time even if assad's regime falls ok but. you know it's very interesting we haven't talked about the gulf countries here mean the reactionary powers and i seem to think their role is moving forward and we're looking at syria obviously adds. absolutely i've. only got enough seems to be in london go ahead sure sure i can't imagine that the gulf countries will follow the same trend in the near future as some of the. north african countries. there are a lot more you could say repressive there isn't this development of civic society as you have in egypt egypt more or less they have a very educated population have a vast population and they have they have a growing middle class by can emerge in the gulf countries where the ruling felt family ruling elites more as controls everything. and where most of the workers are expatriates who are sustaining that country i can't imagine that this will take place in the next decade but having said that they might have ways to actually change the change their country and in
negative months of course syria remains a dark spot and syria will not be settled for a long time even if assad's regime falls ok but. you know it's very interesting we haven't talked about the gulf countries here mean the reactionary powers and i seem to think their role is moving forward and we're looking at syria obviously adds. absolutely i've. only got enough seems to be in london go ahead sure sure i can't imagine that the gulf countries will follow the same trend in the near future as...